NBC Reports Extensive Viewership Gains for Regular Season NHL Action- NBC Sports reports that the recently completed NHL regular season of games on the NBC Sports Network was the most-watched season on cable in nearly two decades, and up 18 percent vs. last year. Viewership of te NHL is the highest ever for the network, which began airing games in 2005. NHL on NBC also saw an increase of viewership of 15% over 2012.

ESPN Continues to Point to Success of its Digital Platforms- ESPN announced today that ESPN Digital Media delivered 33% of all sports category usage across digital platforms in March, more than twice the average audience of No. 2 Yahoo! Sports, and more than the Nos. 2 and 3 sports properties combined, according to comScore’s Multi-Platform data. Yahoo! Sports is still number one during the months in average unique viewers visiting its site.

CBS to Air PGA Documentary pof Nurturing Future Golf Leaders- CBS Sports, in conjunction with the PGA Tour will present Beyond the Green, a look at how golf has nurtured future leaders and transformed lives. Bill Macatee will narrate the program which will air Sunday at 2:00p.m. ET.

Supercross Season Review on CBS Sports Spectacular- On this week’s CBS Sports Spectacular the show will look back at the 2013 Supercross season with Monster Energy Supercross: Changing of the Guard. Frank Frederick narrates the show Sunday at 1:00p.m. ET.

A Nazareth Area School Board candidate wants to know why less than a month from the election one of two seats she is running for won’t appear on the ballot.

Linda Gerenser Stubits said she received an email Monday from Northampton County’s voter registration office telling her there was an error and there is no two-year vacancy in Region 3. She had filed papers to run for the two-year vacancy and one of two four-year vacancies in Region 3.

The IronPigs kick off the month of May with a four-game weekend series against the Indianapolis Indians, beginning Thursday at Coca-Cola Park. The series, which runs through Sunday, includes Friday Night Fireworks and a pair of giveaways on Saturday and Sunday.

Great seats are still available for all upcoming games, including the 2013 Gildan Triple-A National Championship Game on September 17 at Coca-Cola Park, and can be purchased in-person at Coca-Cola Park (Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), by calling (610) 841-PIGS (7447) or online at ironpigsbaseball.com. Two brand-new seating areas, the "Hot Corner" and the "Bacon Strip" have been added to Coca-Cola Park this season, offering IronPigs fans the most unique and distinctive seating and hospitality areas in all of Minor League Baseball.

Mixing family with business is never easy, and Jack Shea (Kyle Bornheimer) is about to learn that lesson the hard way. When Jack's father, Tony (J.K. Simmons), has a heart attack and is forced to hand over the keys to his beloved handyman business, Jack is eager to finally step up and make his father proud. Unfortunately Jack's past career efforts have been less than stellar, so everyone seems to be waiting for him to fail. His new job isn't made any easier by Tony's rebellious, troublemaking assistant, Darren (Edi Gathegi), and Darren's flirtatious sister, Stitch (Danielle Nicolet), who works at the local hardware store. But with the support of his Aunt Terry (Leah Remini) and his oddball yet endearing cousin Mason (Johnny Pemberton), Jack Shea may just find his true calling right at home.

Kyle Bornheimer (Jack Shea) made his television debut in 2008 as the hapless Sam Briggs in the critically-acclaimed CBS series, Worst Week. His performance in the lead role landed him rave reviews from critics across the country. TV Guide called Bornheimer the "biggest comic discovery of the new season," while Entertainment Weekly wrote "Bornheimer is the find of the fall season." His performance also earned him a spot on Entertainment Weekly's 2009 "Dream Emmy Ballot" list in the Best Lead Actor (Comedy) category. In 2010 he co-starred opposite Alyssa Milanp on the ABC sitcom Romantically Challenged. Bornheimer was a series regular in the NBC comedy series Perfect Couples in 2011. His other television credits include guest starring roles on The Office, Party Down and Breaking Bad. On the big screen, in 2010 Bornheimer starred opposite Kristen Bell, Odette Annable, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis and Betty White in the Disney feature You Again. His scene-stealing performance as Tim, a jilted ex-boyfriend, earned him positive reviews from critics, including USA Today and The Los Angeles Times, who noted "...it's Kyle Bornheimer... who makes the best impression. Most recently Bornheimer starred in the upcoming independent feature, Bachelorette, opposite Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and James Marsden, and can now be seen as Katherine Heigl's estranged husband in The Wedding, with Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon and Amanda Seyfried.

By now, most everyone knows that invitations have been extended by the Mountain Valley Conference to 12 schools to join what would be the six remaining MVC schools in 2014-15 to form an 18-school class 4A "super conference."

By now,everyone knows that the ten LVC schools offered invitations were not only all class 4A schools, but also public schools.

And by now everyone should also have figured out that the reason Bethlehem Catholic and Central Catholic were not extended invitations was much more about the fact that they are private schools and has very little to do with the fact that they are 3A and not 4A. That becomes even more clearer when you hear that the MVC has no inclination to invite Becahi and CCHS even if they agree to go 4A.

You'd also have to have just arrived in the Lehigh Valley from another planet not to know there has been considerable discord, seemingly forever, over the ability of private schools to attract student-athletes and accusations about how some of those athletes arrived at those schools.

However. in just the last couple of days we've learned that not everyone agrees that the 10 LVC schools should flee to the Mountain Valley Conference, much like five schools did back in 1997 when the purpose was pretty much the same. Only that time Allen, Dieruff and Emmaus were also left behind after Parkland, Whitehall, Freedom, Liberty and Easton bolted.

Ultimately, though, the 10 LVC schools will probably make sure they're in unison if a move is to be made. It's hard to imagine some schools going to the MVC and other staying behind, no matter how much they support Becahi and CCHS and feel they've been mistreated here.

Likewise, Phillipsburg's decision will be made in accordance with their status in New Jersey. Jersey has a variety of rules and one of them is that any school must play X-amount of games against schools in the Garden State to be considered for a state championship. If the Stateliners can't navigate that, and some other scheduling issues caused by their location on the east side of the Delaware River, my guess is that they won't come even though they'd probably like to.

The one school, it seems to me, with the biggest dilemma, is Bangor, a member of the Colonial League.

In terms of geography, the Slaters are positioned as a good fit for the Mountain tier of the potential ''super conference." It's much easier for the Slaters to get to games in Pleasant Valley, Stroudsburg, and the two Pocono Mountain schools, for example, than it is to get to places like Salisbury, Southern Lehigh and even Northern Lehigh.

The Slaters are on the 4A/3A border in classification in most sports, much like East Stroudsburg North. But they'd be going from being the biggest school district in the Colonial League to one of the smallest in the super conference. They'd also be going from a league where they can be very competitive and challenge for league championships in a lot of sports to a league where it would be much, much more difficult to ever win titles

So it's a tough call.

Bangor superintendent Frank DeFelice, a former Northampton boys basketball coach, admitted as much when I talked to him on Monday.

"We're going to take a serious look at this, and there's a lot to weigh," DeFelice said. "Obviously, there are advantages to going and disadvantages as well. Whatever we decide, it's going to be in the best interests of our athletes. We feel we have a quality athletic program here at Bangor. We've shown we're competitive and play good league and nonleague schedules. We already play a number of Mountain Valley schools, so we feel we'd fit into any situation that we come upon here.

"We're going to do some research, but most importantly, we're going to talk to our coaches and see how they feel about it. There's going to be a lot of opinions, but we're going to try to listen to everybody. The school board will eventually make the decision, but right now, I am just glad that we were invited."

The only thing that will remain, no matter what, is the football game between Bangor and Pen Argyl.

"Our football game, our rivalry with Pen Argyl, is important to the Slate Belt. It always has been. It's something that we won't give up, no matter what we decide. We'll always have a relationship with Pen Argyl."

PHILADELPHIA, PA – April 29, 2013 – NBC10 Philadelphia announced today that Matt DeLucia will be joining the station as a reporter starting in June. DeLucia joins NBC10 from Fox affiliate KVVU in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he has been a reporter and fill-in anchor since 2009.

“Matt is an enterprising, hard-working journalist,” said Anzio Williams, Vice President of News for NBC10 Philadelphia. “We’re thrilled to welcome him back to the area as part of the NBC10 family.”

In his most recent role at KVVU, DeLucia earned three Pacific Southwest Emmy awards in the categories of journalistic enterprise, team coverage and news writing. In 2012, the Associated Press Television and Radio Association named him ‘Reporter of the Year’ and awarded his story on sudden cardiac arrest in children and teens as ‘Best Serious Feature.’

DeLucia started his career as a reporter and weekend sports anchor at WBOC in Salisbury, Maryland. He later moved on to WSHM in Springfield, Massachusetts where he was a general assignment reporter and anchor.

Originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, DeLucia attended Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill. He is a graduate of La Salle University where he earned a B.A. in communication. During his studies, he worked as a reporter/segment producer for New Jersey Network and served as an intern for NBC News for the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.

ABOUT NBC10 PHILADELPHIA

Owned by NBCUniversal, NBC10 Philadelphia / WCAU has been delivering local news, information, and entertainment to the Delaware Valley for over 60 years, serving nearly six million viewers throughout Greater Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, southern New Jersey and Delaware. Viewers turn to NBC10 for the most up-to-date news and breaking news stories of the day, weather, sports and consumer headlines across a variety of platforms, including online at nbc10.com and via mobile and social channels. Cozi TV, the station’s digital network, offers a full schedule of America’s most beloved and iconic television series, hit movies and original programming. COZI TV can be seen locally on Comcast 248, Verizon 460 and over-the-air at 10.2. Other properties of NBC10 include StudioTEN Creative Group, the station’s full-service production facility.

Attention all clubs, activities, and sports teams. The NAHS Sophomore Class is sponsoring a 12 hour dance-a- thon in support of a fallen classmate. We are asking that each club, sport, or activity here at Nazareth High School support this cause by sending at least one member as a representative to participate in the Brenton’s Hope Dance-A- Thon. All funds raised will help to fund Brenton’s Hope Foundation which directly supports local families stricken with childhood leukemia. We are hoping to register 100 dancers/ standers each with 100 dollars of pledges. This is a great method of showing unity and school spirit for a great foundation. The Sophomore class officers have worked really hard and have a vision of this becoming a yearly event. With your help and participation we could make this a noteworthy experience for all!!!

Sincerely,

Sophomore Ex. Officers

Mr. Kratzer Sophomore Class Advisor

TIPS:

·Envelopes are available in the Main office or room 278

·Collect money corporately for your representative

·Support him or her by showing up at the Dance-A-Thon.

·This is a great way to get some of your members who normally are in the background to get involved!!!

Rick Rodriguez, state champion 1976 at Saucon Valley, College Freshman All-America 1st Team N.C. State

Tony Iasello, coached Bethlehem Catholic to state championship, founded ChristmasCity Tournament, founded

D-XI Wrestling Hall of Fame & Scholar Athlete Award

Baseball Dick Nissen, Slatington High School, pro baseball

Horatio "Ishky" Fatzinger, Allentown High School pro baseball then 20 years as a player in Blue Mountain League then 20 in Tri-County League, batted over .300 at the age of 52

Bob Zerfass, Bethlehem High School, played basketball & baseball at Moravian College, Bethlehem Cardinals, Hellertown Royals, has won every award category in BML

Bridget Smith Bethlehem Catholic soccer and basketball LVSHOF Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, fist in her class aspires to play college basketball daughter of Ed Smith and Grace Crampsie Smith, basketball star at Marian Catholic

Zac Edwards, Catasauqua High School basketball,baseball and cross country LVSHOF Male Scholar Athlete, first in his class. has receive an Academic Scholarship to Lebanon Valley College where he will continue his baseball career, son of Robert "Yogi" Edwards Slatington High 3 sport star and baseball & football player at Muhlenberg College and Teresa Edwards.

Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame Female Athlete of the Year Kayla Cunningham played soccer and field hockey 4 years, basketball and track her senior year holds LV soccer goals record. Will continue her collegiate career on scholarship as an Indiana Hoosier field hockey player. Daughter of Whitehall Wrestling Head Coach Tim Cunningham and Tammi Haines Cunningham

Mike Racciato, Pen Argyl High School football and 3 time state champ in wrestling will continue his wrestling career for the Pitt Panthers

Master of Ceremonies Keith Groller. Cost is $30 and tickets and program sponsorships are still available LVSHOF "Recognizing the past while promoting youth growth. Please make checks payable to L.V. Sports Hall of Fame

Nominations are now being accepted for 2014 L.V. Sports Hall of Fame please emailjdzemba@aol.com before December 31,2013

LV Sports Hall of Fame is behind $400 on our fundraising for summer programs and are seeking donations of youth t-shirts for LVSHOF No Off Dayz basketball program and Runnin' Huskies Youth Track & Field

NOON TO 6 CATERED BY FAIRVIEW HOUSE RAIN OR SHINE donations needed for programs for at-risk children and young adults of the Lehigh Valley

As everyone knows, our youth are being constantly placed at risk, targeted by the influences of gangs, drugs, and violence. The Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame, in addition to honoring the Lehigh Valley's finest coaches and athletes, seeks to provide our youth with sport-related opportunities in an effort to positively affect their life choices.

These choices, beginning at age five and continuing to young adulthood, include support of sports teams and leagues, youth mentoring partnerships, field trips to collegiate and professional sports events, to name a few. These activities are all funded by the Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame.

Last year, needy youth in our 16-18 age group received sneakers and tee shirts. This year, art, dance and percussion programs have been added.

The Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame needs your help to continue its vital work of positively impacting the lives of our area youth. Please be as generous as you are able.

The sponsorship list is as folows:

$5 sponsor of Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame plaque for Ron "Punkin" Miller to be placed at Egypt Field name mentioned in picnic program

$10 Friend of Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame music program name mentioned in picnic program

$25 Business card ad in program

$50 sponsor of Hall of Fame Inductee

$100 event sign & website sponsor

NAZARETH FOOTBALL EVENTS:

May 11, 2013 - Lift-a-thon - V & JV

Weight room at high school 9am to 12 Noon.

May 11, 2013 - Middle School Car wash.

Car wash will take place at Auto Zone in Nazareth from 9am to 2pm. Profits will be to offset the purchase of team cleats only.

May 14, 2013 - Football registration!

Football registration for the fall 2013 season will take place at the Nazareth Area High School - Large Group Room at 6pm. Please bring a check in the amount of $122.00, payable to NFBC.

May 19, 2013 - Basket Bingo

11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Nazareth Intermediate School cafeteria. The booster club is in need of volunteers, donations, tricky tray items and more. Please contact your team mom or emailnfbceagles@gmail.com. For tickets contact your team mom or Michelle Sandone at 484-896-0306 or Traci King at 908-319-7261.

June 1, 2013 - Relay for Life

The Nazareth Football teams grades 7th thru 12th are giving back! The players are dedicated to raising funds to support The American Cancer Society. Their are two teams for you to sign up. Nazareth Football Blue Team or Nazareth Football White Team. All players, families and friends are encouraged to participate. The teams can be found at the below link to sign up. If you have any questions please contact Brenda Basenese at 610-739-8938 or Amy Lutte at 484-894-0353.